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Cataract v0.345 GALK1 Zornitza Stark Tag treatable tag was added to gene: GALK1.
Cataract v0.137 GALM Zornitza Stark gene: GALM was added
gene: GALM was added to Cataract. Sources: Literature
Mode of inheritance for gene: GALM was set to BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
Publications for gene: GALM were set to 30451973; 30910422
Phenotypes for gene: GALM were set to galactosaemia; type IV galactosaemia
Review for gene: GALM was set to GREEN
Added comment: Homozygous and compound heterozygous variants (missense, nonsense and frameshift) found in 8 Japanese patients from unrelated families with unexplained galactosaemia. (No variants in GALT, GALK1, and GALE). This is therefore type IV galactosaemia. In vitro expression analysis and enzyme activity assay of the patients’ peripheral blood mononuclear cells showed total lack of or compromised expression of GALM protein. Loss-of-function mechanism. One homozygote for one of these variants p.(Gly142Arg) in gnomAD (African population). (Wada, Y. et al 2019; PMID: 30451973) In vitro expression assay and an enzyme activity assay of 67 GALM variants, taken from ExAc database (missense, nonsense, frameshift and splice). 30 variants concluded to be pathogenic due to no protein expression or faint expression. 5 variants with mildly lower levels were determined as likely pathogenic. All concluded to be loss-of-function mechanism. Incidence of galactosaemia by GALM deficiency is comparable to that of other galactosaemias. Carrier frequency and incidence was estimated for different populations. (Iwasawa, S. et al. (2019); PMID: 30910422)

Note only two of the reported individuals had cataracts.
Sources: Literature
Cataract v0.0 GALK1 Zornitza Stark gene: GALK1 was added
gene: GALK1 was added to Cataract_VCGS. Sources: Expert Review Green,Victorian Clinical Genetics Services
Mode of inheritance for gene: GALK1 was set to Unknown